Reservoir · Queensland · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Chinchilla Weir
51.3% full
Capacity
9.8 hm³
Volume stored
5 hm³
River
Condamine River
Year completed
1974
Coordinates
26.801°S, 150.594°E
Last updated
2026-10-07
Current fill
51.3%vs 7 days ago
-0.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
-49.4%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Data source: Bureau of Meteorology — Water Data Online (KiWIS) — daily mean storage volume, quality-controlled. Capacity from the BOM Water Storages ArcGIS layer (total design capacity in ML). Last reading: 2026-10-07.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Chinchilla Weir
As of October 7, 2026, Chinchilla Weir is filled to 51.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 5 hm³ of water out of a maximum 10 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 7 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pts), and it is 49.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Chinchilla Weir — 1094 data points between October 9, 2023 and October 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 43.0% (January 21, 2024) to a high of 142.8% (February 2, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Chinchilla Weir was completed in 1974. It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Condamine River Basin basin at 26.801°S, 150.594°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 51.3%
- Water stored
- 5 hm³
- Total capacity
- 10 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 49.4 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Condamine River
- River basin
- Condamine River Basin
- Year completed
- 1974
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 26.801°S, 150.594°E
- Last updated
- October 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2026 | 51.3% | 5 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 50.9% | 5 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 51.0% | 5 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 51.3% | 5 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 51.6% | 5 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 51.6% | 5 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 51.5% | 5 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 51.4% | 5 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 51.0% | 5 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 50.8% | 5 |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 50.8% | 5 |
| 26 Sep 2026 | 50.7% | 5 |